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type: "Bill"
title: "Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)"
description: "Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 818"
citation: "Maryland SB 818 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Gile", "Hester", "Jackson", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Rosapepe", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24dcb31b-7438-4bd5-b101-a435ea6d1579"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0818?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8d99a2ee4ee8cdd89cef987371eed1d06c49ba2ecd4500c2b540ba5e9dd8eb74"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---
# Maryland SB 818 (2024) — Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_496_sb0818e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0818e.pdf)
3. **First - Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0818f.pdf)
4. **Third - Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0818t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **1360** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 496 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24dcb31b-7438-4bd5-b101-a435ea6d1579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).